Terror and terroir
The winegrowers of the Languedoc and modern France
by Andrew W. M. Smith, Maire Cross
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Terror and terroir investigates wine and violence in the sun-drenched, southern vineyards of the Languedoc. The Comité Régional d'Action Viticole (CRAV) are a loose affiliation of militant winegrowers who, since 1961, have fought to protect their livelihood. With an identity grounded in a narrative of struggle, they have invoked the medieval massacres of the Albigensian Crusade and grand protests of 1907. Against the backdrop of European integration and decolonisation they have rallied around banners of Resistance and their strong Republican heritage, whilst their peasant protests fed into the Occitan and anti-globalisation movements. At once integral and obscure, they were courted by radical students to support protests in 1968 and sought out by envoys of Colonel Gaddafi. They were responsible for sabotage, bombings, hijackings and even the shooting of a policeman. At heart, however, the CRAV remain farmers. They champion protectionism, heritage and the right of people to live and work the land, pliable ideals that are locally generated but have international implications. Between the romantic mythology of terroir and the misguided, passionate violence of terror, the story of the CRAV offers an insight into a neglected area of France's past that continues to impinge on its future, infused with one of the most potent symbols of French culture: wine. This book will appeal to historians of France and Western Europe, specifically those of protest movements and minority nationalism. It will also speak to sociologists and anthropologists as a study of a distinctive movement motivated by divisive political rhetoric.
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Terror and terroir investigates wine and violence in the sun-drenched, southern vineyards of the Languedoc. The Comité Régional d'Action Viticole (CRAV) are a loose affiliation of militant winegrowers who, since 1961, have fought to protect their livelihood. With an identity grounded in a narrative of struggle, they have invoked the medieval massacres of the Albigensian Crusade and grand protests of 1907. Against the backdrop of European integration and decolonisation they have rallied around banners of Resistance and their strong Republican heritage, whilst their peasant protests fed into the Occitan and anti-globalisation movements. At once integral and obscure, they were courted by radical students to support protests in 1968 and sought out by envoys of Colonel Gaddafi. They were responsible for sabotage, bombings, hijackings and even the shooting of a policeman. At heart, however, the CRAV remain farmers. They champion protectionism, heritage and the right of people to live and work the land, pliable ideals that are locally generated but have international implications. Between the romantic mythology of terroir and the misguided, passionate violence of terror, the story of the CRAV offers an insight into a neglected area of France's past that continues to impinge on its future, infused with one of the most potent symbols of French culture: wine. This book will appeal to historians of France and Western Europe, specifically those of protest movements and minority nationalism. It will also speak to sociologists and anthropologists as a study of a distinctive movement motivated by divisive political rhetoric.
Author Biography
Andrew Smith is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Glamorgan;
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- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Publication Date September 2016
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781526101112 / 1526101114
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatPDF
- ReadershipGeneral/trade
- Publish StatusPublished
- SeriesStudies in Modern French History
- Reference Code7935
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